Doctoral Fellow, Constitutional Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Seána is a doctoral candidate at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland, researching in the areas of constitutional law and deliberative democracy. Her doctoral thesis, submitted in December 2023, focuses on the role of citizen deliberation in democratic processes, and examines the impact of the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on the landmark reform of Ireland’s abortion law.
Seána is a recipient of the 2019 UCD Sutherland School of Law doctoral scholarship. She is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin (LL.B) and the University of Toronto, Canada (LL.M), and held a visiting fellowship at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto from 2022-2023. Prior to embarking on an academic career, Seána practised as a lawyer in a large international law firm in Dublin, specialising in public and administrative law. She is qualified as a solicitor in Ireland, England and Wales.
Seána is currently a Fellow at the University of Ottawa Public Law Centre, where she will commence her postdoctoral fellowship this year.
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